Don Hone wrote: >When I add a new list via the CLI, I must enter a password and it is sent >in the email to the list admin: > > The mailing list `cgilist' has just been created for you. > The following is some basic information about your > mailing list. > > Your mailing list password is: > > XXXXXXXXX > >The new list owner can change the password via the web page if that is >easier for them. It would be easier for me to not have to ask for a >password from the list admin for every list I create.
When I create a list and the requestor has not provided me a password, I create one and let the new list owner change it if he/she desires. And on the same subject Brad Knowles wrote in reply to my previous reply: >When you create a list from the WebUI, you have the option of having >Mailman generate the password itself, in which case it will get >included in the e-mail message that is sent to the listowner. > >The CLI interface is not going to auto-generate that e-mail message, >so by default it is not going to auto-generate that password either. I do not create lists via the WebUI, as that will create a list with default parameters, and then I would have to tailor the parms to meet the needs of the requestor. I can't always assume that the requestor will be able to change the correct parms for his/her needs. There are a huge number of list parameters, and changing the wrong parm or using an incorrect value for the correct parm can cause great damage to the list cofig. I have 21 base list configs. Fifteen of these are a 3x5 matrix of lists based on sub/unsub options (3) and who is allowed to post (5). The other six configs are for specialty lists. When someone requests a list he/she tells me what type of list, so I know what base config file to use. I then copy that base file, modify realname info description archive info (Y/N public/private) digestable and run a script that creates the list from the config file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277 9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601 Building 222, Room D209 Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9